Defenition of the word depression

• Defenition of the word depression

  • An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
  • An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather.
  • State of physical and/or psychological dejectedness, which can lead to unhappiness, pessimism and mistrust.
  • A period of time with economy at near standstill, characterized by high unemployment and low levels of investment.
  • pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"
  • sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
  • angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
  • a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
  • a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
  • a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
  • a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
  • an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
  • a sunken or depressed geological formation
  • a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
  • pushing down
  • a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
  • an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
  • a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

Synonyms for the word depression

• • clinical depression
  • depressive disorder
  • economic crisis
  • impression
  • imprint
  • low
  • low pressure
  • natural depression
  • slump

Meronymys for the word depression

• • cyclone

Hyponyms for the word depression

• • agitated depression
  • anaclitic depression
  • basin
  • bed
  • blue devils
  • blue funk
  • blues
  • bottom
  • channel
  • chap
  • click
  • crack
  • cranny
  • crater
  • crease
  • crevice
  • crinkle
  • deep
  • dejection
  • demoralisation
  • demoralization
  • dent
  • despondence
  • despondency
  • dimple
  • dip
  • disconsolateness
  • droop
  • dysphoria
  • dysthymia
  • dysthymic depression
  • endogenous depression
  • exogenous depression
  • fissure
  • funk
  • furrow
  • Great Depression
  • groove
  • heartsickness
  • helplessness
  • hole
  • hollow
  • incision
  • line
  • low spirits
  • lowland
  • major depressive episode
  • megrims
  • melancholia
  • melancholy
  • mouse click
  • neurotic depression
  • oceanic abyss
  • oppression
  • oppressiveness
  • prick
  • psychotic depression
  • reactive depression
  • retarded depression
  • sag
  • scratch
  • seam
  • sink
  • sinkhole
  • slit
  • slough of despond
  • swallow hole
  • trench
  • trough
  • vale
  • valley
  • vapors
  • vapours
  • wrinkle

Hypernyms for the word depression

• • affective disorder
  • air mass
  • angular position
  • concave shape
  • concavity
  • crisis
  • economic condition
  • emotional disorder
  • emotional disturbance
  • financial condition
  • formation
  • geological formation
  • geology
  • incurvation
  • incurvature
  • major affective disorder
  • mental condition
  • mental state
  • period
  • period of time
  • psychological condition
  • psychological state
  • push
  • pushing
  • sadness
  • time period
  • unhappiness

Antonyms for the word depression

• • elation
  • elevation
  • natural elevation

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